Materials & Bioengineering
The Materials and Bioengineering Section in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) offers extensive expertise in diverse areas such as material development; biomaterials and tissue engineering; material characterization; biological encapsulation, delivery and controlled release; and medical device design, prototyping and testing. The Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division is ISO 9001:2008 certified. Staff in the Materials and Bioengineering Section also follow Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Medical Device ISO 13485:2003 procedures that comply with FDA Quality System Regulation 21 CFR 820.20.
Dr. Jian Ling, Acting Manager
Materials & Bioengineering Technical Strengths
- Material Development
- Nanoparticle synthesis and modification
- Surface modification
- Monomer, polymer synthesis and hybrid materials
- Material processing: blending, extrusion and emulsion
- Adaptive and autonomic materials
- Hybrid materials
- Chlorine dioxide releasing materials
- Electrophoretic deposition
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Stem cells
- Engineering scaffolds (bone, cartilage, tendon, nerve and skin)
- Perfusion bioreactor
- Antimicrobial coating
- Material Characterization and Testing
- Spectroscopy and microscopy
- Thermal analysis
- Electroanalytical chemistry analysis
- Mechanical testing
- Biocompatibility evaluation
- In vivo testing
- Biological Encapsulation, Delivery and Controlled Release
- W/O, O/W, W/O/W double emulsion, liposomes and nanoprecipitation
- Encapsulate drugs, DNA/RNA, proteins, virus, bacteria and cells
- Medical Device Design, Prototyping and Testing
- Biosensors
- Biomaterials and scaffolds
- Diagnostic devices
- Perfusion system
